The Skillery is a Nashville coworking space with resources and programming for freelancers, entrepreneurs, small teams and independent professionals, all aimed at making work meaningful, satisfying and unabashedly fun.

At the end of nine weeks of studying, testing, experimenting and collaborating, members of every CO.STARTERS at The Skillery cohort share their businesses with friends, supporters, mentors and members of the community at Pitch Night, a combination entrepreneur spotlight night and graduation party.

In March, our winter 2015 cohort celebrated at their sold-out Pitch Night, sharing businesses they’d further shaped and fine-tuned throughout the program. A small snapshot of some of the inspiring Nashville entrepreneurs and businesses spotlighted at that event:

Amy Nathan, Grex Marketing

“We are a virtual marketing department for businesses who need a modern solution to traditional marketing.”

Kimberly Lexow and Jessica Legge, Sifted

Mary Mooney, artist

“I am an abstract artist creating work in all sizes. My work begins on a canvas of museum grade acrylic that I paint and process into different shapes and sizes, from miniature works of Wearable Art jewelry to large format paintings.”

Mandy Pellegrin, Craftcourse

All are up to great things since — Sifted has been catering lunches around town for the likes of Emma and Eventbrite (and just earned some SouthernAlpha love), and you can catch Craftcourse’s design work and Mary Mooney’s art at the upcoming summer installment of juried makers market Porter Flea (June 5-6), just for starters.

The curriculum for Introduction to Entrepreneurship was developed by The Skillery, and is available to organizations worldwide seeking to offer business education and community support to aspiring entrepreneurs.